Regulation 7 Amendments to the Divorce etc. (Pensions) Regulations 1996

After regulation 10 there shall be inserted the following—

“10A

(1)

The trustees or managers of a pension scheme shall be entitled to recover from the party with pension rights the reasonable cost of furnishing information following a request under regulations 4 and 5, whether or not an order imposing any requirement on them is subsequently made, to the extent that that cost exceeds the cost of furnishing information which the trustees or managers would have been required to furnish if the request had been—

(a)

a request made under the regulations referred to in regulation 4(1) and (2), or

(b)

an application for a statement of entitlement under section 93A(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993^f1;

instead of being made under these Regulations.

(2)

The costs referred to in paragraph (1) shall be assessed by the court if not agreed.”.